OUR CREW

MEET THE TEAM

MEL PREEN

DIRECTOR, JOURNALIST
Mel spent seven years reporting from Afghanistan, often on the frontline, entrenching herself within the military and local communities all over the country. She is passionate about getting to the heart of the story and maintains one of her most interesting experiences to date was spending five nights on the roof of a police station in a Taliban-controlled valley.

Mel now runs Intrepid TV’s flagship project, NATOChannel TV, managing the film crew producing award winning video and photographic content for NATO. She brings a wealth of experience having reported and produced for Channel 4 News, Five News, GMTV, ITV London, CNBC Europe and The Guardian newspaper.

MANDY CLARK

DIRECTOR, JOURNALIST
Mandy is heading up a launch team to create an English-language international news channel funded by Zee Media, India’s biggest media group. She is responsible for creating compelling programming for a global audience, tailor-made training courses and a standards and practice policy guide to ensure the station holds to the international standards of journalism ethics.

Mandy is also a documentary filmmaker and a veteran of conflict journalism. Formerly the CBS News correspondent in Afghanistan from 2009-2012, Mandy led the Kabul Bureau and managed local staff. She embedded frequently with the US and Afghan forces and also travelled to many parts of the country to report on the struggles of ordinary Afghans.

JAKE TUPMAN

REPORTER, CAMERAMAN, EDITOR
Jake has experience both home, abroad and in hostile environments. He has live front-of-camera ‘breaking news’ experience. He has reported from Afghanistan, the Baltic nations and South East Asia and worked as a correspondent for London Live – London’s dedicated TV channel. He is currently based in Riga, Latvia and in Bangkok, Thailand.

LAURENCE CAMEON

CAMERAMAN, EDITOR
Laurence started his film making career as a reporter for a local news site in his native Kent before moving to work in Afghanistan in 2010. He has since spent his time running television and radio recruitment campaigns for the Afghan National Army, alongside producing several documentaries on the Afghan Special Forces. He is currently working for Intrepid TV as a video journalist supplying stories for NATO TV.

WILLIAM BONNETT

CAMERAMAN, EDITOR
William recently finished filming a National Geographic series on the US Marines in Helmand. Very few can hold a camera steady during a firefight like William Bonnett. Greatly experienced in ENG, EFP, documentary and news. He’s filmed around the world, shooting in countries such as South Africa, India and Kosovo. William filmed in Libya for five months during the Revolution and he’s spent four years working in Afghanistan.

JOEL WHITTAKER

CAMERAMAN, EDITOR, SECURITY ADVISOR
Joel has spent the last 10 years working in hostile environments including Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Somalia, and Afghanistan. In Aleppo, he was part of the media team that filmed a chemical weapons factory in rebel-held Syria as government helicopters flew by in a show of force.

Joel’s previous experience as a security consultant has given him the expertise to mitigate risks on the ground. Facing mortar strikes, small arms fire and ambush, Joel has successfully ensured the safety of media crews globally.

JACK SOMERVILLE

CAMERAMAN, EDITOR
Jack Somerville is a photographer and video journalist with over 2 years experience filming all over Afghanistan, as well as working as a freelance cameraman in the UK beforehand. He is currently based in Namibia where he works with the San bushman tribe, documenting their unique lifestyle and raising money for their healthcare.

MIKS UZANS

PHOTOGRAPHER, CAMERAMAN
Miks started off in fashion photography before moving to Intrepid TV. He’s got quite the eye for a great shot and makes for an excellent cameraman also. He says his best experience to date was covering NATO’s biggest exercise in more than a decade last year involving 40,000 troops.

ILLISA AJI

GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGNER
illisa has enjoyed a twelve year career working within integrated marketing agencies before focusing on graphic and web design. After obtaining a diploma in Graphic Design, she freelanced for a few companies before joining us here to support our creative and digital marketing endeavours.

Skilled in a suite of creative software, Adobe CC, Microsoft and WordPress, she manages our online and digital strategy and brings with her valuable expertise having worked across multiple industry sectors and clients including Ford, SEAT, DirectLine, Triumph Motorcycles and McDonalds.

An intrepid traveller at heart, illisa has visited over 50 countries and experienced many things but is still yet to drive a tank!

JOSH FORTUNE

GRAPHICS, ANIMATION, EDITOR
Josh is an award-winning director and animator. He served with the British Parachute Regiment in Iraq in 2005. While there, he filmed a documentary which was shown on the BBC. He went to Afghanistan shortly afterwards and lived there as a video-journalist for almost three years producing content for NATOChannel TV.

Josh also works at Ravensbourne, a higher education institute in London, where he teaches degree level filmmaking and documentary production.

HUBERT HUMKA

CAMERAMAN, PRODUCER
Hubert is a photographer and video journalist. As a VJ, he worked for top commercial televisions in Poland and in Brussels. He also worked for Thomson Reuters for nearly five years covering top stories in Poland. He has PhD in photography at from Film School in Lodz, Poland, where he is also a lecturer. He has exhibited his art work in Poland, France, UK, Germany, Russia and Malaysia. His images have been published in many books and magazines.

THOMAS TRIEBEL

REPORTER, CAMERAMAN, EDITOR
Tom is a French journalist based in London. He started his career in print but soon discovered a passion for video and worked as a digital producer at the Evening Standard before joining Intrepid TV.

Passionate about foreign cultures, Tom has lived in remote countries such as Brazil, Kenya and Chili and is fluent in four languages.

ROB KUNZIG

MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
Rob Kunzig is a multimedia journalist with experience in video, print and still photography. Before joining Intrepid, he was a staff photographer covering U.S. politics for Morning Consult.

He has bylines in The Atlantic, Politico Magazine and Atlas Obscura, though he's most passionate about covering military affairs. Rob also serves as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

GEORGE HENTON

CAMERAMAN, EDITOR
George started his career as a photojournalist during the early days of the Arab Spring, first in Egypt and then Libya. He then went on to work in South East Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe for a variety of agencies and publications.

He's produced a number of short documentaries for VICE News in Thailand as well as for Intrepid TV in Afghanistan and the Baltics. Whilst his focus remains on photography and video, he has also written a number of articles for Al Jazeera English and VICE News as well as a number of articles for global think tanks and NGOs.